Saturday, 23 April 2016

It's been a long time since there's been any activity over here at Snap, Crackle and Pop, but I thought it might be a good moment to start consolidating the archive here to make things a little easier for people to find what they're looking for.
With that in mind, here are all the cassettes and CD's of Gnawa or Gnaoua music we posted over the years in chronological order.

The download links for these albums all appear to be working so if you missed them first time round, here they all are:

Monday, 30 June 2014

I think this may be the highlight of this year's finds, some supremely funky rumba from the Congo. The influence of James Brown is clear and the addition of a keyboard sets Sosoliso's sound apart from many of the other rumba groups. Check it out and I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Sunday, 22 June 2014

This album of North Indian sitar music I picked up at today's boot sale is particularly mesmerising. If you click on the back sleeve you should see an enlarged image which allows you to read the very informative sleeve notes. Or maybe you just want to immerse yourself in beautiful sound.

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The music is, of course, for evaluation purposes only. If you like what you hear then go out and try and buy stuff...or something, give money to a down on his luck musician, or sponsor a good busker, it may be the start of something beautiful.

If any of the zips die, then post a comment and i'll try to repost. And leave comments, abuse, name calling, any response is welcome.

I think all of the albums posted are currently unavailable, but if this is not the case we'll remove the offending files.